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LI 1'62..A1t)( tiEViEW. - /.ll4tglitCLlS . ' *LIVE of vrrutAGoßis, or PYTHAGORIC 'LfFE. Accompanied by Fragnienti of the Ethical Writ ings of certaiii Pylliagorians in the Doric Dialect; and a 'Collection of Pytliagoric Sentences from STnazzus and others, which are omitted by GA LE in his Optiscula Nlytho logica, and have nut been not rect by any Editor. Trans lated t.eitu tlot Greek. By TuamAs "raYLatt. The name of PYTHAG.R.as has teen transmitted - with such honour through many ages, that every thing relative to so celebrated a Philosopher must" 'be in no slight degree interesting. 'lite author of his life, lAMBLICUS, was diatinghisid character, and was followed by all the lovers of learning and philosophy during his life. The Translator, in his preface to the Work before us, gives a brief account of the lite of lamßetcus, and. 'refers us for farther information to his own Ilistoy Of the Restoration of the Platonic Theology, and for a critical intelligence of all his W . oilis to the Grmca of FABRICIUS. Mr. TAYLOR's devotion to the Natonic Philosophy is so well known, that he is generally distinguished by the 'name Of PLATO TAYLOR. The learning of this `Gentleman has been abundantly displayed in many original and translated works. That this trans lation of the woik of lameicos is accurate will therefore ,admit of no doubt. That the Translator was necessarily obliged to give a faithful version of his Author in every respect, must be admitted; otherwise, as there is much fabulous matter in the work, it might have been more interesting to the reader if that fabulous matter had been omit ted. lAMBLICUS, ttithr all his wisdom, was evi dently an enthusiast in every thing that related to PYTHAGORAS ; and it may almost be conceived, that he considered him as a Divinity. In this re spect, therefore, lAMBLICOs displays a degree of credulity unworthy of a philosopher, and particti. larly of a philosopher whose wine has descended With so much honour to posterity. As he was, of course, a believer in the doctrine of the trans migration of souls, as inculcated by his master, it is not wondeitul that he should appear to credit r i what PYTHAGORAS had said of hirnself, viz, that be had been ELIPHoRBC/S, the son of I'ANTHUS, who conquered PATRoceus at the siege of Troy ; but that he should relate that PYTHAGORAS, " Once passing over the River Nessus, with many of his associates, he spoke to it, and the liver, in a dis tinct and clear voice, in the hearing of his fol lowers, answered, flail, Pythagoras," is such a proof of credulity, if not folly, as is calculated to throw an air of ridicule upon his work in general. tare are also told by lAMBLIeUS that PYTHAGORAS had a golden thigh, not a work of art, like that . of a celebrated female Italian singer, who made a great noise in this country, but one formed by nature, and that PYTHAGoRAS used to display it on partiiidar occasions, in order to demonstrate the superiotity of his powers. There are other 'circumstances recorded by I AMpLicus equally ab surd, and yet they are delivered by hint as facts in the history of PYTHAGORAS. It might be ex pected, that as the learned Translator has, in his . tiotes, corrected the mistakes of other writers who did not understand the meaning of lAMBLICUS, iu certain passages, he would have made some com ments on these evident absurdities. But the work abounds with admirable maxims. •We do not think that a sufficient explanation has been given of the reason .why PYTHAGORAS prohibited his disciples from touching beans. It has been sup posed by some, that he did not prohibit beans as unwholesome food, but that as black and while beans were used in ballots for public employ ments, or on poli.ical occasions, he rather intend ed to eau! ion his pupils against any concern in State matters. We cannot fully understand why PYTHAGORAS, if he thought his doctrines .rue, should be desirous of confining them 'wholly to particular Disciples, for it may reasonably be supposed that truth would contri bute to the happiness as well as the instruction of mankind. But this work, on -the whole, as we have before said, abounds in useful maxims, and it is imp►►ssible to read it with attention without deriving some moral improvement from it, in the regulation of the Passions, and in forming the character upon the pure principles of a benevo lent Philosophy. The Public are, therefore, much indebted to the learned Translator for presenting a work to them which enables them to form an estimate of the character of PYTHAGORaS, and to profit by his philosophy, at least by that part of it which relates to human life, and the conduct necessary to render it happy. WILLIAM COTTERELL, Esq. Sword Bearer of .the City of London, died on Tuesday evening last, somewhat suddenly, at his house in i3road•street. 111 r. .COTTERBIL was in his 70th year, and had held the Office of Sword Bearer upwards of forty years. His death will be long lamented by his disconsolate family, and Et very extensive Circle of Athuiring friends. ' st it Li NA. , fecntiltaed front Ye ,lii.r(Lry' s St" N. 3 LOP WOOD, MAY 5, 1618. Excellency the Goverupr having prohibited my writiog direct to him, by a letter of Majr Gurrrquer, dated the 23d ()f April, 1 beg of you to lay before him the following observations upon the letter which yon wrote by his directions on the 19th of April last :- 1 persist in my assertion, tha► at the commence• meat of Jane last, and antecedent and subsequent to it, his Excellency the Governor made known to n►e intentions of subjecting . me to the same re strictions as the French, sayinLY, " that since I was Napeoleon Buonaparte's Surgeon, and form ing part of his family, I ought to be subjected to the same restrictions." To which I answered, that our Government bad granted to Napoleon ►he privilege of taking with him to St. Helena il►ree of Officers, twelve servants, and his Stir- that I was pointed out by Count Bee- trattato replace the French Surgeon, but that not being willing to relinquish toy character as a Bri tish Officer, I hail made conditions that I should he placed On the list as a Surgeon on full-pay, and that 1 shoold be paid by the Euglish Government, and consequently should not ever be considered as out of the protection of the laws. of my coun try. Lord Keith, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Government, had it in their power to Rinse a compliance with these stiptilations, but in that case I would not have accepted the employMent, and would have pre ferred remaining upon half-pay 3 after the paying cif of the Bellerophon, to being employed as a Surgeon in an equivocal situation, which might lead to a supposition that I had for a moment re nounced the character and other titles appertain ing unto a British Officer. As a proof of this, I sent to his Excellency my letter to Lord Keith. It is not as a Naval Surgeon that I am placed about Napoleon's person, who might just as well have chosen one from amongst she ArmyStargeons, or amongst the Private and Civil Surgeons or Physicians practising in London or Edinburgh, because the decision of our Government was, that he should take with him his Surgeon, and Lord Keith proposed to send a vessel to France ex pressly for the purpose of bringing him one ; and, before authorizing me to accept of Count Ber trand's propos:11,10s Lord-hip insisted that Count Reiff - and should write an official letter to him, in which he made known that Napoleon demanded me as his Sor t: eon, in place of the French Surgeon. If the Lords Cononis•ioto.,rs of the Admiralty caused me to be borne as Sttpei unliterary Surgeon of the Northumberland, Newcastle, and Conque ror, it was on account of my own demand to be kept upon the list of Surgeons on full pay, and was just the same as it their Lordships had placed m e on the books of the flag-ship at the Nore, • Portsmouth, or Plymouth, (my pay is furnished ro the by order of the Admiralty, as Surgeon to Napoleon Bunn a parte) ; but this does not confer any right or authority upon the Officers of the Conqueror, or the Admit al, over me personally ; indeed, the Admiral signified as (Mich to me, and his Excellency the Governor himself has repeatedly I told me the same; and moreover, prohibited my communicating to the Admiral any thing re lative to Longwood. If the Captain of the ship, upon the books of which I am borne, or even the Admiral, has no right to give me any orders in the extraordinary mission with which I ant en trusted, I am not subordinate to any other man than the Governor, not in a military point of view, or as a naval officer, but by a civil title, and as sur geon, to Napoleon linonaparte, with the charge of whom he has been entrusted, and as such, 1 have never failed in executing whatever he im posed upon me, except inasmuch as I found it contrary to my honour. 1 know well, Sir, that military obedience is passive, and does not admit of any hesitation or objection ; but it is not so with civil obedience, and still less so in a person charged with an employment of so delicate a na ture as I am.—l am a poor man, and ten years service in the navy have not enriched me, and 1 stand in need of my situation in order to gain a livelihood, but I am ready to sacrifice it a thou sand times over sooner than allow a stain to'be, directly or indirectly, cast upon my character. For the due performance of my medical func tions, until now, I have considered 'myself as not having any explanation to render, except to Na warm' himself. He has made no complaint against the manner in which I have fulfilled them. I ndeed, on the contrary, 1 have frequently been ap plauded by him, as well as by other patients in his suite, for the zeal with which 1 administered my professional assistance. When I accepted the situation, I made known to Count Bertrand that 1 would not willingly quit Napoleon so long as he remained in the unfortu nate situation in which he was placed, and in the presence of Captain Maitland I made an open en gagement to attend Napoleon and the Officers of his suite, independent of all hatred or national prejudice, of any influence whatever in the admi nistration of my professional assistance as a me dical man, and that I would employ as much zeal, attention, and fidelity towards them as could be expected from me by one of my own countrymen. I deny the intention which you attribute to me of desiring to quit Longwood, and assert it to be enfounded. You declare that it was known in England, and make a supposition that 1 was the person who made such intention known, which supposition you argue upon as being correct ; I am ready to remain at Longwood, provided (as I said in my letter of the 19th April) I am allow ed to exercise my vocation as before the 10th of April, and with the same independence. From the first day of his Excellency'ssarrival he appear ed desirous of sending me away, although I had never given him cause to do so, probably because belonged to the Navy, and that having been demanded by Napoleon I had not been appointed by his Excellency himself. Upon this occasion I had often opportunities of making known 'what a •ride difference Napoleon made between a Surgeon who had been chosen by himself and any Surgeon belonging to the Ariny, let him be who he would, and that those %rho imagined if the person in whom he bad confidence seas removed he would bestotv k upon another, knot , his tharatter but very badly. Yon say, Sir, that if I was on board a.'maia of war, I would be obliged to obey very ordtr receivetl front the Captain. I grant this, and that if I was ordered to cook tit vi c tuals of the sick I would comply with it, beca tlNsdesign of this would be for the good of his Majety's .ser vice and for the honour of his flag, and because military obedience does not admit of any delibe ration ; bat I have always considered that St. Helena is n'ot a man of war, that the Governor is not the Captain, and that I am not the Surgeon of the crew ; but that St. Helena is a Government of one of our possessions, that Sir Hudson Lowe is the Governor, and commands by virtue of a civil title, that I form one of Napoleon's suite, and am attached to his person with the functions of Surgeon. I do not reply to the diffetent suppositions yon have made, otherwise than by declaring them ca lumnies. 1 have made with Napoleon the pact which I mentioned above, and such as exist be tweet) all men of honour, and in every society of Gentlemen. Your insinuations do not inspire me with the smallest fear. IVith a pure conscience, and born an Englishman, nothing is to be dreaded from such engines of tyranny, nor from half or quarter proofs. A Jury or a Court-martial is the privilege of every Englishman, and is his guarantee against every act of arbitrary power— is the guarantee of the weak and the simple against the powerful ; and if the Govern ment accepts my resignation, rather than allow me to continue to perform tuy avocations agreeable to the engagement which I made in August, 1815, I have too much - confidence in the Lords of the Admiralty, to fear that they will not see justice done to me ; and that they will not order me (according to my right) to be brought before them. At any rate, not being employed in the squadron, hut having a particular mission, that mission finished, no person can dispose of me. _ . _ In recapitulation : if the detention which I have been made to suffer at Longwood, is to subject me to the same restrictions as the French, my right as an Englishman, which 1 li,ve always preserved, protects me from it. If it is a regula tion for the exercise of my functions as sur geon, I have given no cause for complaint ; 1 am accountable to the patient to whom I am at tached for the performance of them. If it is a punishment, my cal .ue ought to be made known to me. I should be heard, in order to answer it ; and judgment should have been pronounced upon it ere now. But the Governor wished to dispose of my situation. By letters written from London more than twelve months hack, I was informed that his Excellency had demanded my being re placed ; and in July, 1817, I expressed my sur prize to himself that he had done so, which produced an explanation that brought clown upon me a tolerable portion of abase. I was also in formed that the Government did not consent to it. If this is cot rect, it is for him to judge whe ther the conduct which has been put in practice towards me, and which obliges me by force, and not by consent, to give in my resignation, is con formable to the respect due to his inteutions.— Since June last, I foresaw that such were his Ex cellency's views, and communicated to the Admi ral's Secretary the unpleasant situation in which I was placed, and the apprehensions I was tinder. As Napoleon has not seen me since the 14th of April last, and I fear that some dangerous effects may occur from it, beg leave to propose putting matters upon the footing they formerly were un til the arrival of an answer from England. lam inclined to think, that if Napoleon was informed that the Governor considered me as his surgeon, as bolding the place of a Prench surgeon, not be ing subject to military discipline, but to civil obe dience, that things were put, upon the footing they were since my arrival, at least until the receipt of an answer from Government, that he would renew the confidence which he formerly mani fested. The actualstate of matters now is appalling, and will probably produce a most unpleasant sen sation,. both in England and Europe. The Gover nor may, perhaps, reflect upon the terrible re sponsibility which weighs upon him, if (as is possible, and even very probable) Napoleon, de prived of assistance, was to die before the expi ration of the five or six months which are required to obtain an answer from England. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, BARRY E. O'MEARA, Surgeon. To Lieut.-Col. Sir Thos. Reads, C. B. Adjutant• Gen. &c. &c. &c. THE GRAND DUKE MICHAEL. DUBLIN, AUG. 25.—Yesterday his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke MicnaEt. was enter tained at dinner by . his Excellency the ,Loiuj LIEUTENANT, at the Vice-Regal Lodge in the Phcauix Park. There were present — Generals Pashewitch and'Aledenshi ; Baron De Nicolay ; Drs. Humel and Miehaelowslii; Alderman Exshaw, locum tennis for the Lord Mayor; Lady F. Talbot; Sir E. and Lady E. B. Baiter ; Mr. and Lady A. Gregory; the Commander of the Forces; Lord and Lady Forbes; Earl and Countess of Mayo; Earl and Countess of Charlemout ; Lord and Lady Aylmer; the Countess of Glengall ; Lori Caher ; 'Lady Ross more; Lord Norbury; the Master of the Rolls ; the Right Hun. W.V. itzgerald ;• the Earl of Meath ; the Provost; the Hon. and Rev. Mr.Talhot ; General lire,'; Sir S. Bruce ; Sir C. Vernon ; the Surgeon-General ; Mr. Drummond ; the Bev. Mr. flawtry ; Mr. Nap. r ; Colonel Master; Major Spottiswood, and Captain Bridgeolan,&c. &c. This day the Grand Duke Michael visited the College, the House of Indus►ry, the Lunatic Asylum, and the Fo►►ndlin; Hospital, and ex pressed himself highly gratified with those several, Institutions. He spoke in warm terms of pane gyric of the,whole system upon which our Uni versity it conducted. The Lord Lieutenant is to dine with his Imperial Highness this day, at Mor r;son's Tavern. To-morrow the locu►n tenors for the Lord Mayor will entertain the Grand Doke in .the Mansion-house, and on Thursday he is to dine with the Commander of the Forces. On Friday his Imperial Highness will dine again with the Lord Lieutenant and a select party ; and on Saturday, we understand, l►e will leave town for Holyhead, on his way to the seat of the Marquis of Anglesea. THEA'T'RICAL • Ai Perfornzed Lust Night. mina, THrA TltiC ROYAL, HAINARKET.—The Green Niau • - o icitt Chatacters by Mr. Terry and Nlrs. Glover. o' l Lovers' Quarrels. To which was added, Y. Y. Z• dr i c ateer! THEATRE }Lova L, E NGLIS H OPERA, STRAND.--The Atte' Captain Irons Wes, Mr. Ilarley; Sophia, Miss which, The Death of Captain COO%. Fur A Ltsr of the MENtBERS of the NEW HousE of Cogross' see the Last Page. Ol' A URTVED-1 Dublin, 1 Watetford, 1 Guernsey a"' A P ril 1 Ituniburgli. DuE—l Hanibnrgh, I PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DA Y .T revrrAre. o'cLocg• / .16 04 Bank 5t0ck........ 472 i 2/ fi Rank 1.V117, Au n• • / ot e6 of $ per Cent. Red. ..• 7513 India Stock ..... ••• • - 195 .pr' 3 per Cent. Cons. .; . 751 z F... Bills, Yd. IBs. els 1 95' Fr' 34 per Cent .....85-7-, Ditto; 214....• •• • 1 es• AO. - 4 per Cent S. 954} 0111 n IMB ...... •••• • • • . 751 5 per Cent. N. Ann. 104 105 I Coos. for Accolint.••••" HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGR r Nionling, 42 minutes dfter 11. I Eteiiiit, 7 mitsiiteff...sl' TUE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUPEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1818• . _ . We received this morning the Paris Tar r " Tuesday last. The following are extracts'' " Aug. 25.—Yesterday being tie e: of St. Louis, his Majesty received the felictlic, lions of the Ministers, Marshals, Cardinals, 5 The assemblage at thg Thuilleries was ituiller°o and brilliant. ,: o ci " The King gave yesterday a private ann" to Admiral Sir Sidney Smith. i nt The Count de Frimont, General Commaiv) t of the Austrian Corps d'Artn4e in Fra nce ' f s o. presented to his Majesty by the Austrian Ar." sador, the Baron de Vincent. poe t " M. Dm&ill presented to the 'King 0 entitled Jeanne di Arc, ova la France saltae• I.A " The Xing transacted business will' , li e liO r fl nisters of the Interior and for Foreign A and then took an airina to Malt - liaison• r o io " On the occasion of the Pre of SO lt 1 04' his 'Majesty has granted pardons to 4go duals, sentenced to either infamous or corr ect. i ; f a t punishments ; of these 127 were c ondo r° political offences. " The pregnancy of the Duchess de Berri certain. d n " On the 19th instant, the Duke arl of Cambridge, and the two Princes of landed at Calais from the Roy s ‘” cer" o l4 yacht.. Prince William of Hesse set wi t lbe° ,l 4 Oy for Germany. • The Duke and Dtiche:fof Cambridge took their departure t he next db C` Hanover. 1 b i n k , " Accounts from Amsterdam of tbe -9t eV . het say, 'Prince Charles of Bavaria 'arrive' sw ill; (hay before yesterday ‘vith his snite. A fter - here some (lays he proceeds to London FIVE PER CENTS. . 7 , f. 50c. Monday DEFERRED STOCK. ‘. A Of the 29d March, 1817, ..... SS .. - ? C. 22(1 Sept. 1317, ............... .„.; f. 4 :,C . • • 42d March, 1318, . . ........ S 4 f• °'. i VI II " HANOVER, Aug. 12 . ....... The Doke Etni , $ f l e : chess of Clarence are expected her e the r ieti il' to-morruw. A numerous cor p s o f ea/910601 escort their Royal Highnesses. V e evel) their arrival the city will be illuminated. 00" " RATISBON, Ave 14.—.seeeral earri°lsoß. S 6 horses, belonging to the. limPer a of Iti i i is' W arrived here yesterday O» their vraY to j Chapelle. fur. " It"mE, Abe. 9 . —The Prince of thr ° oe has been for some time dangerously 0 4 bil ' bl i now much better, rzru pef t ' t t i t , " PETERSBURGH, J ULY 31.---The•""- ' ill 0 conferred different o rders - upon the pers on s 0 suite of the King of Prussia. 1 i i o " I II " The-Grand Duchess Alexandra's/ coif closely attending upon her Coo'rt.' I°s 1 1°11' b • ) g 5 v e t the disorder (the tueales), but ic - ell , c olti l •alP l° ' there, ise,vet y-reason to hope, her piper' lit! will soon recover. ,r, ti6cliiff°llole SToCKEIOLM, ,Ave. 7.---1 'le ra v -1 , i the ,111 been received here of the President ° dea Treaty of States to the tr l e tweeo that Power and Sweden. o ber ° I TO " BERLIN, Aug. 1 5,.......A, t.,,real " I , s 0 1 Chi Perl. 9 men are employed on the en tren 0 1 f o r $ gau and Wittenberg. t!le 0111' •des ec BRUSSELS, AUG. 20.--13"` 0 (1 1 1 00 Ars e a 0 dable line of fortresses Of i he . e rs 6 fii fratiti- t ot e $ class, which are erecting o n oar 1,0 %e g o port to ie . , 1 0 1 , i ; side of France, from Nie" h bid" . 0v 9 I t i a second line is to he formed 0 " t-e to river ft ° , It ° ~ Meuse, in order to cover th ,t Commerce coocid • st le oi o r .0 to Maestricht. 'rite ancient co At 1 11 e oat re-established upon a n ew plan' t g° iog ° ant place of ntmur the works o • / extraordinary activity." ,Ja i' dr I , -----••• •a. f O n ' ',t 0 , t on e ° ii iie te / The Morning Chronicle is 0° o r 0 1l pal' t i. nals that will renounce its err°l.s' t0 ,,,y,C1- 1 0 41 I the's"- et' shame on havinicommitleb delis severes in what it a ssert , in • - Y t to r 1 4; tile thi s to in tor, lie vt Rill l 'etir Ili tit iltltir Artg, k tt u ht , f r ,,, 1 ti,,,r ill 'tt nett' 11, ti i T eem 11) at ~l►l 1 444 'Cq, ll e 'll) bp ° )11„ ~~~ i ~ kr Ri Of 1 1/41s 4 Po t: 1 , 3 i ll a (1 4 gt3l, ti nli vi er, 11;41 14 4 c r ,me 4 41 4i t ea %go,